Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-31

Queens maids of honor are to come
into the presence chamber before
eleven of the clock, and 90 to pray
ers and after prayers to attend un-
til the Queen be set at dinner. Again,
at two of the clock, to return to the
said chamber, and there to remain
until supper time. And when they
shall be retired into their chamber,
they admit of no man to come there
and that they 90 not at any time out
of the court without leave asked of
the Lord Chamberlain or her Majes-
ty; and that the mother of the maids
see all these orders concerning the
maids duly observed, as she will an
swer to the contrary"
Nowadays, the Queens maids Of
honor do not have such restrictions
placed on their liberty, and merely
take their turn, two at a time for one
month, to attend on Her Majesty.
After these in rank stand the eight
bedchamber women, who serve in ro-
tation in the same manner, and are
only expected to figure on state occa-
sions.
The salaries of the maids of honor
and bedchamber women are three
hundred pounds per annum each.
Next come the eight Lords in wait
ing, the grooms in waiting, the gen
tleman ushers of the privy chamber,
and daily walters, grooms of the
privy chamber, quarterly walters,
grooms of the great chamber,-with
salaries amounting in the aggregate
to eleven thousand one hundred and
ninety-three pounds per annum-and
thirty-two gentlemen of the privy
chamber. OF all the court officials,
these last-named gentlemen are the
rarest specimens, for they are court
ieTs, and have to attend on royalty
without any pay whatever, beyond
the ''honor of the thing"
The marshal of the ceremonies is
an important post, but, compared
with the other salaries, is considera-
bly, undergrad, the honOrarium being
only three hundred year. His du-
ties are to attend all state ceremonies,
and to conduct the foreign ambassa-
dors, etc., to the Queens presence
a thorough knowledge of the petty
details of etiquette and precedence
being a necessary qualification for
the post.
There are five pages of the back
stairs. with salaries of four hundred
pounds each; and their duties are to
wait on the sovereign, one Of them
being always in attendance at the
door of the Queens apartment from
eight in the morning until she retires
for the night. Two of them wait at
the royal table. There are also two
state pages, and a page of the cham
bers.
There are six pages of the pres
ence, with salaries Of one hundred
and eighty pounds each, whose duties
are to attend on the lords, ladies, and
maids of honor at breakfast and
luncheons to be in communication
with the pages of the back stairs
and to wait on Her Majesty's visit
ors. There are also three pages-men
to wait on these six pages.
Next come the eight Sergeant-at-
arms, whose duties were, originally,
to "capture any traitor about the
court, or other great offenders also
to hold watch outside the royal tent
in complete armOr, with bow, arrows,
sword and mace of office" 1t is un-
necessary to remark that the gentle
men who now hold this office are
never called upon to do any such 10y
al and practical service. The salary
of a Sergeant-at-arms is one hundred
pounds per annum.
There are, besides the Ser
geant-at-arms, three kings-at-arms
and six heralds, besides mess
engers, inspectors of palaces, and
acknowledgements = 4Ia-. Lot
are nine, with salaries ranging from
one hundred to three hundred pounds
per annum. There are also three
linen-room women, three necessary
women," upwards of sixty house
maids, and two attendants TO show
the public through the state-rooms
at Windsor Castle.
The ecclesiastical staff Of the house
hold is a large one, and costs large
sum in salaries. 1t consists of the
dean and sub-dean Of the chapel-roy-
al, st. James; the clerk Of the clos
ct three deputy clerks; a resident |
chaplain; a closet keeper; forty |
eight chaplains in ordinary, and ten |
priests in ordinary besides four chap |
lains, three preachers, and three
readers for the chapels at Whitehall
Hall, Hampton, Windsor and Ken
sington. There is also choir Of
boys who wear georgeously embroi-
dered coats, four organists, two com
posers, a violinist, a sergeant Of the
vestry, and a master OF. the boys.
Next comes the sanitary establish
ment, including all the doctors. etc.
in attendance on the Queen; and this
costs no less than two thousand sew
en- hundred pounds per annum. The
physicians, however, are paid by fees,
Doctor Locock, the first physician ac-
coucheur, having been known 70 re-